Old PC as server

[mrnikhilsudo]

Oh cool. Let me know how it works out. I can sure use a setup like this for my tally server.

 

[vivek.krishnan]

Tally is a bloody resource hungry single threaded application. I would recommend nothing short of a Core i3 for the same if the machine is used for other purposes too.

 

[danielleslot]

CentOS minimal will be good if you know how to setup everything, will be a learning experience and good platform.
Fedora network install (or so) is also good.

Depends on what you gonna use it for, but for setting up a webserver i would agree

 

[dheerajjotwani]

if a network based fileserver is all you are looking for then i would suggest you to use OPEN MEDIA VAULT. it a simple os and lightweight too. works off a debian base so not too resource hungry. it should work well on your existing hardware and has a web gui interface ready for ease of control. I am using it on a dedicated HP n36l with a lot of other functionaility built in and simultaneously on a goflex net dock too... and it works just as splendid